Soccerball Therad

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:50 pm

I do really.

Post by **dng** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:40 pm

paolo maldini's son was playing for milan tonight. i looked it up, and cesare maldini played 12 seasons and 450 games for milan (1954-66), then paolo maldini played 24 seasons and 900 games for milan (1985 to 2009), so by my reckoning this new maldini is going to play either 36 seasons and 1350 games for milan (2020 to 2056), or maybe 48 seasons and 1800 games for milan (2020 to 2068)

Post by **dng** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:40 pm

either that or we will never hear of him again

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:03 am

dng wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:40 pm paolo maldini's son was playing for milan tonight. i looked it up, and cesare maldini played 12 seasons and 450 games for milan (1954-66), then paolo maldini played 24 seasons and 900 games for milan (1985 to 2009), so by my reckoning this new maldini is going to play either 36 seasons and 1350 games for milan (2020 to 2056), or maybe 48 seasons and 1800 games for milan (2020 to 2068)

It is Maldini 3.0's destiny. He must. He will.

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:00 pm

Excellent. I hope Milan see sense and allow him to fulfill this destiny, regardless of how good he is.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 6:23 pm

England are playing North Macedonia in the women's football, and it's on ITV4 right now. It'll be about as exciting as watching England's men take on Andorra, so... nah to both...

Post by **richschnauzer** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:52 pm

they delivered an 8-0 thrashing with two own goals by North Macedonia

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58547106

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 11:34 pm

Indeed, and some of the other results from tonight, too:

Greece Women 0 - France 10
Latvia Women 1 - Austria 8
Wales 6 - Kazakhstan Women 0

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:35 am

Cymraes am byth

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:18 pm

We'll have none of that Commie talk, 'ere!

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:21 pm

Derby County sc-rewed!

Post by **dng** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:34 am

weeeep

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... es-aged-81

Post by **dng** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:35 am

let's all watch the best thing ever to happen on a football pitch in tribute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPUMFGbOLQw

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:36 pm

dng wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:35 am let's all watch the best thing ever to happen on a football pitch in tribute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPUMFGbOLQw

I knew what that was going to be even before I clicked on it!

Hurrah!

Also: RIP

Post by **richschnauzer** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:41 pm

fuck off wenger

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:07 pm

Wenger Out

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:28 pm

It's such a dumb and obviously fifancially motivated idea. A WC every four years, a Euros every four years as we have it now, is just right.

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:34 pm

A christmas every day

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:35 pm

but no boxing days

Post by **dng** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:35 pm

there is no global market for boxing days

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:38 pm

If EA Sports can release a new FIFA game every year, why can't we have a new World Cup every year?

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:11 pm

dng wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:35 pm there is no global market for boxing days

Boxing is dead

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:30 pm

An Unicorn wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:11 pm
dng wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:35 pm there is no global market for boxing days
Boxing is dead

Unboxing, however, has never been more alive...

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:19 pm

Iwas just reading the italian football pages in the guardian. look at this absolutely amazing ground spezia play in

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I have never heard of spezia before

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:20 pm

I wish roots hall had a mountain at one end, instead of a block of flats

Post by **endar** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:22 pm

lovely

just north of Tuscany, also lovely

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:02 am

I would climb that mountain to watch that football match for free.

And that's why Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest.

Post by **vom** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:06 am

The Matlock Town ground is like a scaled down version of that

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I should really go to a match there at some point

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:41 am

nice.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:41 am

nice.

Post by **dng** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:47 am

Yes, lovely

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:27 pm

course, Estadio Municpal de Braga in Portugal is built in an old quarry

Post by **dng** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:53 pm

Yeah, I love that one. I spent all day trying to remember whose ground it was (and now you've told me)

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:04 pm

I had no idea and had to look up the Euro 2004 venues on wiki to find it.

Post by **endar** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:22 pm

i saw this one somewhere the other day

Post by **endar** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:24 pm

Post by **endar** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:28 pm

drove past the Inverness Caledonian Thistle stadium once, that was rather nicely located

Post by **dng** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:40 pm

that one above is cheating

Post by **dng** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:40 pm

its clearly a screenshot from mario soccerballs or something

Post by **dng** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:41 pm

also in a nice piece of this thread synchronicity, paolo maldini son has just scored at that lovely spezia stadium today

Post by **endar** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:47 pm

yes i noticed that and done a little facial tick in reaction

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:47 am

A stand made of twigs?!?

Sheer insanity!

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Post by **dng** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:14 pm

Oh no, now Roger Hunt is dead. Soon there will be no world cup winners left at all

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:44 pm

Except for John Terry.

Post by **dng** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:53 pm

super league lol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58705912

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:05 am

dng wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:53 pm super league lol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58705912

SpongeBob was covering the game for TalkSport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHKL6w6eBBo

Post by **dng** » Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:27 am

hooray

Post by **dng** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:33 pm

blombluss wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 6:13 pm I still can't quite process how Southend are playing Kings Lynn, and its neither in the FA Cup or a friendly.

Hurrah for the Shrimpers winning 1-0, mind!

Since this win on the first day of the season we’ve won none out of seven and are third bottom

Post by **dng** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:34 pm

Today they lost 2-0 to Solihull Moors, who didn’t even exist until n3ta was three years old

Post by **endar** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:24 pm

Sounds like a familiar story to previous years